260 - 53, 36, 32
$4,399,817
152 - 31, 20, 20
$3,024,746
Easy Goer: Top 2-Year-Old Colt (1988)
Heavenly Prize: Top 3-Year-Old Filly (1994)
Honor Code: Top Older Dirt Male (2015)
Inside Information: Top Older Female (1995)
Personal Ensign: Top Older Female (1988)
Queena: Top Older Female (1991)
Rhythm: Top 2-Year-Old Colt (1989)
Smuggler: Top 3-Year-Old Filly (2005)
Storm Flag Flying: Top 2-Year-Old Filly (2002)
Vanlandingham: Top Older Horse (1985)
* 1994 Saratoga, 15 wins
* 1993 Belmont fall, 18
* 1992 Belmont fall, 17
* 1991 Belmont fall, 15
* Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2004
* Won Eclipse Award as Top Trainer in 1988
* Honor Code became his 10th Eclipse Champion as 2015’s Top Older Male
* Picked up his first Kentucky Derby victory in 2013 with Orb
* Personal Ensign was undefeated (13 for 13) during her career from 1986-1988
* Captured 14 graded turf stakes in 2012
* Had an incredible day at Belmont Park on Oct. 16, 1993, saddling the winners of races 2-6:an allowance (Regal Solar); the G3 Lawrence Realization (Strolling Along); the G1 Frizette (Heavenly Prize); the G1 Beldame (Dispute) and the G3 Kelso (Lure), and then, after finishing fifth in the G1 Champagne with Personal Escort, sent out Miner’s Mark to win the G1 Jockey Club Gold Cup
* Won 1992-93 Breeders’ Cup Miles with Lure
* Won the Belmont Stakes in 1989 with Easy Goer, ending Sunday Silence’s Triple Crown bid
* Upset the inaugural G1, $1 million Belmont Derby in 2014 with 23-1 shot Mr Speaker
* Grew up in Lexington, KY
* Attended the University of Mississippi, but dropped out in his junior year to keep his job as a groom for trainer David Carr; served as Carr’s assistant and later assisted David Whiteley
* Went out on his own in 1979
* Named trainer of the Phipps Family stable on Nov. 11, 1985; won his first race for them with Erin Bright in the Display on Dec. 31, 1985
* “My parents took me to Keeneland and I had a great time. I liked the atmosphere and the feel of the competition in the air. I was hooked.”
* 1976, Rockingham Park
Abaco: Ballston Spa (2014)
Accelerator: Pilgrim (1996)
Adjudicating: Riva Ridge (1990); Champagne (1989); Cowdin (1989)
Air Support: Bowling Green (2012); Pilgrim (2010)
Aldiza: Go for Wand H. (1998)
Altesse: Turnback the Alarm (2008)
Atelier: Next Move (2001); Turnback the Alarm (2000)
Awe Inspiring: American Derby (1989); Flamingo (1989)
Bema: Busher (2002)
Boca Grande: Comely (2007); Demoiselle (2006)
Boisterous: Man o’ War (2013); Knickerbocker (2011-12): Red Smith H. (2011-12); Fort Marcy (2012)
Cadillacing: Ballerina (1988); Distaff (1988)
Carriage Trail: De la Rose (2008); Spinster (2008)
Carrumba: Top Flight Invitational H. (2016)
Cat Cay: Top Flight (2001)
Classy Cathy: Gazelle (1986); Alabama (1986)
Confidential Talk: Jamaica (1990)
Coronado’s Quest: Travers (1998); Haskell (1998); Wood Memorial (1998); Riva Ridge
(1998); Dwyer (1998); Cowdin (1997); Nashua (1997); Remsen (1997)
Country Hideaway: Bed o’ Roses (2001); First Flight (2000); Vagrancy (2000)
Criminologist: Noble Damsel (2008); Beaugay (2008); Athenia (2007)
Danced All Night: Long Island (1988)
Dancing Forever: Manhattan (2008)
Dancing Spree: Carter (1990); Breeders’ Cup Sprint (1989); Suburban (1989); True North (1989)
Data Link: Mile (2012)
Daydreaming: Next Move (2005); Top Flight (2004)
Defensive Play: Charles H. Strub (1991)
Deputation: Tempted (1991) Dispute: Spinster (1994); Gazelle (1993); Beldame (1993); Kentucky Oaks (1993)
Duty Dance: Diana (1986); Beaugay (1986)
Easy Goer: Suburban (1990); Jockey Club Gold Club (1989); Woodward (1989); Travers (1989); Whitney (1989); Belmont (1989); Wood Memorial (1989); Gotham (1989); Cowdin (1988); Champagne (1988)
Easy Now: Go for Wand (1992); Astarita (1991)
Educated Risk: Top Flight (1994); Frizette (1992)
Fair Point: Smart N Fancy (2016)
Fantastic Find: Hempstead (1990)
Fast Play: Remsen (1988)
Finder’s Fee: Gallant Bloom (2001); Acorn (2000); Cicada (2000); Astoria (1999); Matron (1999)
Furiously: Bernard Baruch (1993); Jerome (1992)
Furlough: Ballerina (1999); Distaff BC (1999); Honorable Miss (1998)
Get Lucky: Affectionately (1992)
Glitter Woman: Ashland (1997)
Gold Fever: NYRA Mile (1996); Discovery (1996); Riva Ridge (1996)
Good Reward: Manhattan (2005); Hollywood Derby (2004)
Happy Hunting: Aqueduct (2006)
Heavenly Prize: John A. Morris (1995); Go for Wand (1995); Hempstead (1995); Apple Blossom (1995); Beldame (1994); Gazelle (1994); Alabama (1994); Frizette (1993)
Hit It Rich: Glens Falls (2012); Long Island H. (2011)
Honor Code: Whitney (2015); Metropolitan H. (2015); Remsen (2013)
Hungry Island: Lake Placid (2011)
Hunting: Stuyvesant (2007)
Hymn Book: Donn H. (2012)
Imagining: Man o’ War (2014); Red Smith H. (2013)
Inside Information: Breeders’ Cup Distaff (1995); Spinster (1995); Ruffian (1995); Shuvee H. (1995); Acorn (1994); Ashland (1994)
Inspector Lynley: Saranac (2016)
Ironicus: Fort Marcy (2016); Bernard Baruch (2015)
La Reina: Tempted (2003)
Lass Trump: Ballerina (1984); Test (1983)
Lay Down: Forego (1990); Excelsior (1990); Queens County (1988)
Living Vicariously: Brooklyn (1993)
Long On Value: Lucky Coin (2016)
Lotta Dancing: Affectionately (1996)
Lure: Bernard Baruch (1994); Caesars International (1994); Breeders’ Cup Mile (1992-
93); Kelso (1993); Daryl’s Joy (1993); Gotham (1992)
Mickey’s Echo: Interborough (1984)
Miner’s Mark: Jockey Club Gold Cup (1993); Jim Dandy (1993)
Mining: Vosburgh (1988); Coaltown (1988)
Mr Speaker: Belmont Derby (2014)
My Big Boy: Bernard Baruch (1988)
My Flag: Gazelle (1996); Ashland (1996); Coaching Club American Oaks (1996); Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (1995)
My Impression: Winter Memories (2016)
Norumbega: Brooklyn (2014)
Nostalgia’s Star: Gallant Fox (1988)
Oh What a Windfall: Nassau County (1999); Tempted (1998); Matron (1998)
On Leave: Sands Point (2016); Riskaverse (2016)
Orb: Kentucky Derby (2013); Florida Derby (2013)
Persistently: Personal Ensign (2010)
Personal Business: John A. Morris (1990)
Personal Ensign: Breeders’ Cup Distaff (1988); Beldame (1987-88); Whitney (1988); Maskette (1988); Hempstead (1988); Shuvee H. (1988); Rare Perfume (1987); Frizette (1986)
Personal Flag: Nassau County (1988); Suburban (1988); Queens County (1987); Widener (1987)
Philanthropist: Queens County (2005)
Pine Circle: Widener (1985)
Pine Island: Gazelle (2006); Alabama (2006)
Pleasant Home: Breeders’ Cup Distaff (2005); Bed o’ Roses (2005)
Point of Entry: Manhattan H. (2013); Gulfstream Park Turf H. (2013); Joe Hirsch Turf
Classic Inv. (2012); Sword Dancer Inv. (2012); Man o’ War (2012)
Polish Navy: Woodward (1987); Jim Dandy (1987); Champagne (1986); Cowdin (1986)
Preach: Frizette (1991)
Private Light: Comely (1993)
Queen of Song: Shuvee H. (1984)
Queena: Ruffian (1991); Maskette (1991); Ballerina (1991); Vagrancy (1991); First Flight (1990)
Rare Blend: Pebbles (1996)
Rhythm: Travers (1990); BC Juvenile (1989)
Roamin Rachel: Ballerina (1994); Ruthless (1993)
Saarland: Remsen (2001)
Seeking the Gold: Dwyer (1988); Super Derby (1988); Peter Pan (1988)
Serra Lake: Go for Wand H. (2001)
Sightseeing: Peter Pan (2007)
Smuggler: Mother Goose (2005); Coaching Club American Oaks (2005)
Stacked Pack: Jamaica (1987)
Storm Flag Flying: Personal Ensign (2004); Shuvee H. (2004); Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (2002); Frizette (2002); Matron (2002)
Strolling Along: Lawrence Realization (1993); Futurity (1992)
Survivalist: Gotham (2005)
Tara Roma: Ladies (1994)
Traditionally: Oaklawn H. (2001)
Tricky Hat: John’s Call (2014)
Try Something New: Spinster (1983)
Vanlandingham: D.C. International (1985); Jockey Club Gold Cup (1985); Suburban (1985)
Versailles Treaty: Ruffian (1992); Gazelle (1991); Alabama (1991); Test (1991)
Waldoboro: True North (1995) Warning Glance: Fort Marcy (1996)
Warning Glance: Fort Marcy (1996)
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